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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After talking with Carus, Gordianus goes to the home of ______________.
(a) Some other Roscii family members.
(b) Titus Megarus.
(c) Nobody. He goes to an inn.
(d) Felix and Chrestus.

2. In Chapter 25, the two slaves tell how Elena died. What was the manner of her death?
(a) She died giving birth to her baby.
(b) She was weak and ill after the birth of her baby, and died in a cart on the way to Rome.
(c) She died trying to prevent the Roscii from killing her baby.
(d) The Roscii cousins killed her immediately.

3. After the incident with the guards, Gordianus and Bethesda flee to_____________.
(a) Caecilia's house.
(b) The country.
(c) A neighbor's house.
(d) Cicero's house.

4. Rufus does not want to attend a party where Sulla will be present because __________________.
(a) He is afraid Sulla will kill him because he works with Cicero.
(b) He thinks Sulla has ruined Rome.
(c) Sulla is interested in Rufus sexually.
(d) He hates Sulla for marrying his sister.

5. Gordianus asks a boy for directions to the home of Sextus Roscius, and he finds out ______________.
(a) The farm has been abandoned.
(b) The boy is suspcious of him.
(c) The boy now lives on the farm with his family.
(d) The boy lives on the neighboring farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Gordianus talks to Carus at the door of the farm villa. Who is Carus?

2. After Gordianus and Bethesda return to their house, what does he do?

3. Who is Mallius Glaucia?

4. Rufus admits to Gordianus that _________________.

5. After the petition by Titus and fellow landowners, what became of Roscius (filius)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Titus Megarus confirms what suspicions of Gordianus?

2. What did Titus and the other local landowners do to try to restore the land to Roscius (filius)?

3. How does Gordianus convince Rufus to attend the party in honor of Sulla?

4. What is suspicious about what Carus tells Gordianus?

5. Carus remarks "And if Sextus Roscius (filius) was a terrible father to his daughters, what business was that of mine?" What does Gordianus make of that?

6. Do you think the old blind man at the tavern is wise? Or crazy?

7. How does Roscia's confession affect Tiro?

8. What does Gordianus find out about Roscia that impacts him greatly?

9. After finding out all he could in Ameria, Gordianus is ready to return to Rome. What does he do first?

10. Who bought Roscius's property at auction?

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